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Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…
Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original; but all in blank verse. : Fitted unto the tunes commonly used in our churches. Which pure offering is accompanied with illustrations, digging for hidden treasures in it; and rules to employ it upon the glorious and various intentions of it. : Whereunto are added, some other portions of the sacred Scripture, to enrich the cantional.
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for B. Eliot, 1718
Book 1 › Psalm 30: PSALM XXX. A Psalm. A Song at the Dedication of the House of David.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
8 O thou ETERNAL God, to Thee ‖ then did I make my cry: ‖ And unto the ETERNAL God ‖ I then did supplicate. ‖
9 What profit's in my Blood, when I ‖ go down into the pit? ‖ The Dust, shall that acknowledge thee? ‖ Shall it declare thy Truth? ‖
10 Hear, O ETERNAL God, and have ‖ thou mercy upon me; ‖ O thou ETERNAL God, Be thou ‖ an helper unto me. ‖
11 My mourning thou hast turned into ‖ tripudiating joy; ‖ Thou hast put off my sackcloth, and ‖ with gladness girded me. ‖
11 My mourning thou hast turn'd into ‖ tripudiating joy; ‖ Thou hast put off my sackcloth, and ‖ with gladness girded me. ‖